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AS TIME FLIES | 
 enlarge | Author: Slava Styskin
Publisher: An Author's Dream Publisher, LLC
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 382904
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 156
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 9 x 6 x 0.4
ISBN: 0977109194
Dewey Decimal Number: 920
EAN: 9780977109197
ASIN: 0977109194
Publication Date: March 8, 2008
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AS Time Flies is the story of the author's life growing up in the former Soviet Union to his immigration to the United States, covering the period of 1940 through the present time. He has meticulously detailed the numerous problems plaguing Jewish people in Russia, from their first steps in school, trying to gain acceptance in a good college, and their being pigeon-holed into blue-collar jobs, to the Damocles' sword hanging over their heads-the so-called "fifth paragraph" (nationality) in their passports. When the Second World War began, his immediate family was able to escape to Kazakhstan, but most of his parents' families were killed by the Germans. The economical hardship of everyday life in Russia, such as very little income, lack of individual living arrangements, and the scarcity of food was compounded by the anti-Semitic oppression. About ninety years ago, the author's grandfather tried to immigrate to America with his two teenage sons, but they were refused the emigrant status, were deported back to Russia, and then perished during the war. Their new life in America started in 1980. It took a lot of courage to make the move with two small daughters and a lack of understanding the English language; however, the old family dream to live in freedom finally became a reality. REVIEW Slava Styskin has drawn us a tenderly crafted picture of Russia, his beloved homeland, overlain with the struggles of life created by the Germans in WWII; the terror of Stalin's USSR; the chaos after Stalin's death; and the ever-present threat of the pogroms visited upon those of Jewish ancestry throughout. The shining beacon that was America called to his family consistently and their hope never wavered. His detailed descriptions of Russian life and the cities he lived in reveal his very deep attachment to his homeland. On the other hand, his recounting of his introduction to American life and the differences in the two cultures is sometimes hilariously funny and sometimes reflect the satisfaction of a dream come true. Trisha Moore, Reviewer, Midwest Book Review
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